Tapo smart plug able to activate/deactivate schedule ?

Tapo smart plug able to activate/deactivate schedule ?

Tapo smart plug able to activate/deactivate schedule ?
Tapo smart plug able to activate/deactivate schedule ?
2025-10-01 20:12:52 - last edited 2025-10-11 07:53:59

Hi,

 

I don't have a Tapo wifi smart plug but I do have plenty of other Tapo devices.

 

I have the following use case now:

1. My wife is working alternating weeks during the night. Let us call them W1 (home 24/7) and W2 (working at night 10PM-7AM). W3 equals W1 and so on.

2. In W1 she wants to have her electric blanket being activated on 9PM. She will switch it off manually when she arrives in bed.

3. In W2 she wants to have it activated on 7.30AM. She will switch it off manually when she arrives in bed.

 

I was thinking to buy a Tapo Smart button to let her single tap for the W1 schedule and double tap for the W2 schedule.

According ChatGPT it seems not possible to activate/deactivate the schedules through routines/smart actions... whatever.

Only thing that can be done is turning off/on the plug itself through the routines. I know I can manually swipe on/off the schedules every week but that is not what I really want.

 

Anyone found a way to do this in alternative way ?

 

Kind regards,

 

Rudi

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2025-10-10 10:05:20 - last edited 2025-10-11 07:53:59

  @hagegouwer 

 

You can create schedules through automation instead. An automation can be enabled or disabled by another automation or a shortcut. How to create Smart Action (Automation or Shortcut) on Tapo app

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2025-10-10 10:05:20 - last edited 2025-10-11 07:53:59

  @hagegouwer 

 

You can create schedules through automation instead. An automation can be enabled or disabled by another automation or a shortcut. How to create Smart Action (Automation or Shortcut) on Tapo app

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Re:Tapo smart plug able to activate/deactivate schedule ?
2025-10-11 07:53:46

  @Wayne-TP 

 

Thanks a lot (again) Wayne !!!
The approach is similar to the one you gave for my other use case I presented end of last year and that one is working perfectly.

Kind regards,

 

Hagegouwer

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